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pilot fish

noun

  1. a small carangid fish, Naucrates ductor, of tropical and subtropical seas, marked with dark vertical bands: often accompanies sharks and other large fishes
  2. any of various similar or related fishes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“They’re like pilot fish eating off the back of the shark,” said Jonathan Bush, a founder of Athenahealth, a health technology company that has developed electronic medical records and billing systems.

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Then came television and then high-decibel duels on television and then Trump, the shark to Carlson’s pilot fish.

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The pilot fish has grown his own mighty jaws, and the ocean’s only a little bit safer.

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Then, while Tressa acts like she’s Aimee’s new best friend, Ronan leans over and whispers in my ear, “I feel bad for Brandy. She reminds me of a pilot fish.”

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If Frieze is the shark, they’re the pilot fish.

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